London 2012

London 2012 Olympic medals were unveiled by Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal

London 2012 Olympic medals were unveiled by Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal and London 2012 Organising Committee chair Seb Coe earlier, with a little under one year to go to the Opening Ceremony. IOC president Jacques Rogge and IOC coordination commission chairman Denis Oswald were also present at the special ceremony. The medals will be produced in Britain and have been designed by British artist David Watkins, who is an established artist in the field of decorative art. When creating the brief, the Victory Ceremonies team of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) worked closely with the British Museum’s keeper of coins and medals, Philip Attwood, to look at the symbolic history of medals in Europe in the last century. The LOCOG Athletes’ Committee, chaired by Olympic gold medallist Jonathan Edwards, was also heavily involved in its development. Following the initial tender, six artists were selected for the second stage of design and development. Based on their work, the panel – which comprised experienced creative leaders and sports personalities – felt that David Watkins’ design for the London 2012 Olympic medals.